• LT42

    • Post #212

    VR46 and if there are US citizens there for the minerals

    Funky, do better in learning how it all works first. The US involvment in the minerals deal is to invest in Ukrainian mining companies which will favour the US market. Also, it takes upwards of 18 years for a mine to “mature”. This is a very long investment deal, it has nothing to do with putting US citizens in there to work.

    • VR46 replied to this.

        Funky?

        FLUNK-y more like!

        • VVR46

          • Post #214
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          LT42 There will need to be US citizens i.e. engineers there pre mining. To plan and examine the whole thing. Trump will also want them there from the off, as it will be his excuse for not needing US troops there.

          • LT42 replied to this.

              • LT42

                • Post #215

                VR46 Now I know youre talking out of your hoop. Its a FUND. Naftogaz and Ukrnafta do not need US engineers in Ukraine. Where do you get this shit from? Facebook?

                  • LT42

                    • Post #216

                    This whole deal looks like a wet blanket when you really dig. First off it seems there has been no talk between the relevant parties on any cut off of aid. Secondly, mining companies and investors have a very thin risk assessment and locking in a 20-30 year deal on minerals, considering a lot of the territory is in the Donbas, looks extremely dodgy and those investors would be expected to run a mile. We only have to look at another failed Trump deal back in 2017 to see the evidence..

                    this “deal” also fell through because investors didn’t want to vapourise cash to appease a wild goose chase by Trump, nevermind the security guarantees.

                    • VVR46

                      • Post #217
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                      Ukraine also has other rare earth reserves, including cerium, dysprosium, erbium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, terbium, thulium and yttrium, according to Robert Muggah, principal of SecDev, a Canadian geopolitical risk analysis company.

                      You really think there won’t be US engineers and specialists sent over to oversee the above pre and post mining. You are full of it. I no you don’t believe a word trump says but he is fkn control freak he won’t leave Ukrainians to over see entire thing in case of fraud etc he doesn’t trust zelensky so why would he put full trust on Ukrainians. I may be speculating but so are you. It also makes sense to have them there, so putin won’t attack again because an attack on them is an attack on the US then. You and 303 typically over complicate everything and common sense goes out the feckin window.

                        VR46 I no you don’t believe a word

                        What about thalidomide Funky? Do they have much of that?

                          • LT42

                            • Post #219

                            VR46 You and 303 typically over complicate everything and common sense goes out the feckin window.

                            No, I think probably you are clueless and you speculate, with confidence, in every bullshit post you make. But its a free world, pal. Bullshit all you like.

                              • LT42

                                • Post #220

                                VR46 Ukraine also has other rare earth reserves, including cerium, dysprosium, erbium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, terbium, thulium and yttrium, according to Robert Muggah, principal of SecDev, a Canadian geopolitical risk analysis company.

                                Does Robert Muggah have x-ray eyes too?

                                https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/2/ukraine-rare-earths-potential-relies-on-soviet-assessments-may-not-be-viable-87318842

                                  Vance really grinds my gears. Needs a stiff upper cut and a basic history lesson.

                                  VR46 trust me, we cannot do anything defence related without the Yanks, I’ve seen it first hand many times

                                  Even mounting an operation to rescue one Brit from some bad people needed 90% of the assets, intelligence, and man power to be provided by the Yanks

                                  • C_J replied to this.

                                      Have you served, hursty?

                                      • C_J

                                        • Post #224

                                        Hursty yeah if the Yanks pull out Putin will March through Poland, Berlin and Paris unopposed.

                                            Time for a JC home guard imho. We have the ageing manpower. They don’t like it up em!

                                              See you on the white cliffs of Dover lads!

                                                Smallman1 Here’s some from Trump’s cabinet:
                                                Marco RUBBISHo
                                                Howard FUCKWIT
                                                Looks like he’s been on the Lash Patel

                                                    C_J not if the Germans get serious about rearming. Merz seems pretty clear eyed to me. The Russian capability is nowhere near as strong as feared back when this started.

                                                      Smallman1 It’s an absolute Barry Ledger of a post if I may say so